Max Purcell and Yu Hsiou Hsu will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sydney Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.43
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.74
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
This will be the 3rd time that Max Purcell and Yu Hsiou Hsu face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Purcell won 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Playford Challenger back in October 2022.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, Max reached the semifinal after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 4-6 7-63 7-63, Kyle Seelig 6-3 6-2 and Tristan Schoolkate 7-64 6-4.
In the quarter, Max had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (7-64 6-4). During the match, Purcell scored 72 points vs Schoolkate’s 66. Purcell was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell bagged 11 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was quite effective on serve to win 75% (40/53) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Max was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Schoolkate twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Purcell has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (210-158). 21-14 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a compiled150-109 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Max’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Playford Challenger.
Purcell has a composed 36-28 win-loss record in 2022, 21-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Max has never competed in this tournament before.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 315, the Chinese got to the semifinal after defeating Mitchell Harper 6-1 6-4, Yuichiro Inui 6-2 6-1 and James McCabe 6-4 6-0.
In the quarter, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against McCabe (6-4 6-0). During the match Hsiou scored 58 points vs McCabe’s 35. Yu was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break McCabe 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsiou hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 63% of the points he played.
Yu’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Quinta Do Lago,M25 Dallas and M25 Tay Ninh.
The Chinese has an aggregate 50-22 win-loss record in 2022, 43-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 76 | 48 |
| Pts | 252-210 | 178-105 |
| Total Points | 462 | 283 |
| Winners | 118 | 70 |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% |
Both Purcell and Hsiou played 3 matches. At the moment, Max Purcell lost 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Purcell has played 1 set more than Hsiou (7 vs 6). Therefore, Purcell played 28 games more than Hsiou. Purcell scored 118 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese struck 70 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 35 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 11.7 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 152/236 | 86/138 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 118/152 | 70/86 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 45/84 | 35/52 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 67% |
Purcell fired 35 aces (11.7 per match). Hsiou fired 19 aces (6.3 per match). Purcell won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 12 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 12/16 |
| % Converted | 62% | 75% |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Max broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 12 times with a 75% conversion rate. Yu was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Purcell | |||||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
R2 Seelig |
1/4 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 7-63 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 17 | 23 | 76 | |
| pts | 122-106 | 58-38 | 72-66 | 252-210 | |
| Total points | 228 | 96 | 138 | 462 | |
| Winners | 53 | 25 | 40 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 56% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 16 | 8 | 11 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/113 | 29/49 | 53/74 | 152/236 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 59% | 72% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 53/70 | 25/29 | 40/53 | 118/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 86% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 13/20 | 11/21 | 45/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 65% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 75% | 100% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 80% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Hsiou | |||||
| R1 Harper |
R2 Inui |
1/4 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 16 | 48 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 55-28 | 58-35 | 178-105 | |
| Total points | 107 | 83 | 93 | 283 | |
| Winners | 25 | 22 | 23 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 26/33 | 29/54 | 86/138 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 79% | 54% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 22/26 | 23/29 | 70/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 85% | 79% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 6/7 | 15/25 | 35/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 86% | 60% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/9 | 4/4 | 12/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 56% | 100% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Marek GengelGengel – Adam WaltonWalton (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Max PurcellPurcell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marek GengelGengel – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
